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| Date: | Tuesday 29 September 2020 |
| Time: | c. 16:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II |
| Owner/operator: | US Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 169294 |
| MSN: | BF-52 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Salton City, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport, AZ (YUM/KNYL) |
| Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport, AZ (YUM/KNYL) |
A U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II made contact with a VMGR-352 Lockheed KC-130J Hercules (166765) during air-to-air refuelling. The F-35B pilot successfully ejected and the aircraft crashed. The KC-130J made a forced gear-up landing in a carrot field near Thermal, California.
Sources:
Https://fox5sandiego.com/news/california-news/military-aircraft-reported-down-in-socal/
https://kyma.com/news/2020/09/29/breaking-news-pilots-rescued-from-aircraft-crash-near-salton-city/
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/marine-corps-f-35b-collides-with-refueler-over-california-crews-safe-1.646888
https://theaviationist.com/2020/09/30/video-emerges-of-marine-corps-f-35b-crashing-into-the-ground-after-mid-air-collision-with-kc-130j/
https://www.scramble.nl/database/accident#results
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2020 05:43 | Notarhelicopters | Added |
| 30-Sep-2020 05:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, ] |
| 30-Sep-2020 05:45 | harro | Updated [Date, ] |
| 30-Sep-2020 05:54 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2020 06:03 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:36 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 01-Oct-2020 14:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 22-Oct-2025 06:16 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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